Posted: 8/16/2012 1:11:16 PM EDT
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How long do vegetable seeds stay alive to geminate??
I know this must vary due to storage conditions, but if left in a cool dark place? thanks |
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How long do vegetable seeds stay alive to geminate?? I know this must vary due to storage conditions, but if left in a cool dark place? thanks Really depends. It literally can be hundreds of years. Carrot, onion figure 1-2 years Beets, beans, squashes 3-5 years Cucumber 3-4 years The above "should" give germination rates 50%+ if stored cool and dry in a home environment. YMMV |
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If keep cool (and in most cases COLD), and usually dry - they can keep forever. Seeds have been sprouted from frozen plant eaters stomach contents like woolly mammoths which were 10s of thousands of years old.
And check out the Svalbard Seed Bank Of course, most commercial seeds probably aren't quite as hardy as the variants that haunted the earth before selective breeding and genetic engineering. |
